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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Testing and Maintenance of Lightning and Protection Systems

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 50000000 51100000 51230000 31000000 31500000 50800000 50700000 31210000 31200000 31530000 50711000
Value£23k
Awarded24 Jan 2022
Published4 Jan 2022
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£23ktotal contract value
median £130k
this tender£0£4.8m

This sits below the typical range for Repair & Maintenance contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 15,278 valued Repair & Maintenance tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The specialist contractor is required to undertake testing, inspection and maintenance of Lightning Protection Systems installed on multi-storey blocks of flats situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell.

The testing and inspection is to be carried out in accordance with BSEN 62305 and all amendments.

A programme of maintenance will be agreed with the successful company.

The price submitted on the pricing schedule for servicing should include all materials needed to carry out the service and any travelling time and mileage costs.

All costs for maintenance testing and repairs etc. must include all provisions required in order for any work undertaken to comply with Health and Safety Regulations including The Work at Heights Regulations 2005.

The contract period will be four years starting 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2026.

Estimated value for the duration of the contract £24,000 based on historic spend.

This figure cannot be guaranteed.

Prices will remain fixed for the first 24 months of the contract then a price increase will be applied based on the average Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the previous 12 months, for the next 12 months.

This increase will then be repeated on the third anniversary of the contract for the last year of the contract.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The specialist contractor is required to undertake

The specialist contractor is required to undertake testing, inspection and maintenance of Lightning Protection Systems installed on multi-storey blocks of flats situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell.

02

The price submitted on the pricing schedule

The price submitted on the pricing schedule for servicing should include all materials needed to carry out the service and any travelling time and mileage costs.

03

All costs for maintenance testing and repairs

All costs for maintenance testing and repairs etc. must include all provisions required in order for any work undertaken to comply with Health and Safety Regulations including The Work at Heights Regulations 2005.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

EN 62305 (lightning protection)Standards the work must meet
The testing and inspection is to be carried out in accordance with BSEN 62305 and all amendments.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
OCID
4c6f45c3-9a77-4d94-9703-47ec4cad889f
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
IT-230-5789-SCC 331
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